Chapter 2
After some discussion, Fu Li's combat plan gradually took shape. He decided to attack Dadu by sea with the Second Navy heading north, forcing the royal army of the Mongol Yuanzong who went south to prevent him from acting without any action, and won the fighter jet in order to annihilate the enemy's personal army. The capture of Fu Li became the front war of the entire battle. Zhao Bing decided to gather the first, second and third brigades of the Imperial Front Guards, the Cavalry Brigade and the Artillery Brigade, the Second Army and Duge's troops to attack Fu Li.
The battle was made with Liu Zhixue as the commander-in-chief of the front line, and Ni Liang was the deputy. What tactics and tactics should be handled by the two cameras. In order to ensure the supply of materials from the army, Zenbi was temporarily set up as a base for garrisoning grain and material turnover, and the Fifth Brigade of the Imperial Guards and the Bailout Brigade were stationed. Liu Zhixue and the two agreed that the Imperial Guards would first capture Qixian and Linhuan south of the canal. After receiving reinforcements, the two armies cleared the enemy strongholds south of the canal, forming a siege against Fuli. The next day, the troops set up camps and marched towards Fuli. A large number of grain ships transporting materials were accompanied by, while the emperor's camp was still stationed at Zenbi.
Lingbi County was upgraded from a town, with a small city, and the entire county was annexed because it was less than a thousand households. At present, the Song and Meng started war again, and the large households in the city took refuge and evacuation, with even smaller populations. In fact, this is also the norm in the Huaihe area. First, the Song and Jin confronted each other for more than a hundred years, and war broke out during the war, causing the land to be barren and the population to be sharply reduced. Then, after decades of wars between the Song and Meng, although it has recovered, it is mostly the local prosperity brought by the Mongolian and Yuan military camps.
After Zhao Bing walked along the way, he realized that the tragic situation of no rooster crowing for a hundred miles was not an exaggeration of the literati, but a fact. It was difficult to see villages and towns in a day of march. Large areas of fields were deserted, and wild beasts did not even avoid crowds and appeared among the roads. At night, tigers roared and wolf howled all night, and beasts kept walking around the camp, and the army did not dare to travel in small groups at night to prevent being attacked by fierce beasts.
The city was small and it was difficult to garrison large troops. The canal channel was narrow, so it was difficult to miss the opposite canal. During the Jingkang period, a fleet of ships transporting Huashigang caused conflicts and led to wars. So many canal ships were parked on the canal and were easily attacked. Therefore, after the inspection, Zhao Bing set up the camp on the shore of the Dang Lake west of the city, and set up water camps where appropriate.
The lake is more than 100 miles north and forty miles east and west, and the lake is quite wide. It is the largest Hubo in Suzhou area, slightly inferior to the nearby Hongze Lake. The water village is built in a larger lake bay, backed by the camp of the Fifth Brigade of the Imperial Front Guards. It logs and sets up a village, sets up a water gate, and built a trestle bridge. The canal boats are docked in it. The Imperial Front Guards and the inland waters escorted as the guards.
Zhao Bing enjoyed the water, and the living facilities on the imperial boat were complete, which was much more comfortable and convenient than in the camp. So he still lived on the boat. However, in order to ensure safety, he still set up a restricted area in the water village. The guard regiment also arranged defenses on the docks, and it was strictly forbidden for irrelevant people to approach. When he was busiest and tired, he often needed to formulate strategies, plan arrangements, and dispatch troops before the war began. After the beginning, the troops followed the orders, and he could usher in a short relaxation moment. The group of people in the escort were also rare to be idle.
Early this morning, Wang Yinglin and Duke Zhuang, Chen Shishi and others made an appointment to go out to find the ancient twilight. Lingbi is not only famous for producing Lingbi stones, but also an ancient battlefield. The final decisive battle between Chu and Han was held here. Xiang Yu, the famous hero who "strives to the mountains and the world's spirit", was surrounded by the Han army led by Liu Bang. Liu Bang used the "folk-sided enemies" to question the military formation, disintegrating the morale of the Chu army, causing Xiang Yu to fall into a trap, and the entire army was destroyed, performing the heartbreaking tragedy of "Farewell My Concubine", which was here to express the long chant of "Yu Xi and Yu Xi to what to do" to the sky.
Yu Ji, a peerless beauty who followed Xiang Yu to fight south and north, faced the desperate situation of being surrounded by enemies and being defeated, sang the sad song "The king is exhausted, why don't you care about life?" and then drew his sword and committed suicide. According to legend, after Yu Ji committed suicide, Xiang Yu took her body and rushed south. Unexpectedly, the Han soldiers chased him and Xiang Yu left Yu Ji's body helplessly. Later, the village that appeared here was called "Balipu" and the place where the king farewells to the king. After Xiang Yu broke through, Yu Ji's body was moved to the east of "Balipu" by Chu soldiers who had no time to break through. Later, the village that appeared here was called "Yuji Village", and temples and temples were built to sacrifice.
Zhao Bing did not like to verify these vain romantic affairs, and only liked gold and silver. He was not interested in things like Zero-Bed Stone that could not be eaten or drunk, nor had the pleasure of appreciating them. So he refused Wang Yinglin's invitation and stayed in the camp. Thinking about the birth dates of several concubines in Lin'an, he not only could not be with him, but he was a modern person who ran to the current troubled times to save the country and conquer the world. Suddenly, he felt funny and boring, and he felt even more bored.
After reading a few memorials, it was all trivial matters, which made the upset Zhao Bing feel worse and worse, so he asked Zheng Yongbei to go to the lake to relax. Soon, under the escort of several dragon boats, he sailed out of the water camp on a gunboat. It was already mid-spring, and the spring in Huaibei area was already back to the earth. The reed marsh by the lake also showed green rising with the wind. Flocks of water birds were foraging on the water surface, and the fish jumped out of the water from time to time, and everything seemed full of vitality.
Looking at the picturesque lake view, Zhao Bing's mood gradually improved, but the little ink in his belly was not enough to make up a poem to express his inner happiness. The only "good poems" in his belly were still ready to show off in the future. After walking around the lake shore for a long time, he asked the boat to stop the boat two or three miles away from the shore to anchor.
Wang De, who was accompanying and serving, naturally knew His Majesty very well. He had prepared fishing rods, baits and other items, and set up a sunshade on the front deck and placed tea and snacks for His Majesty to rest and fish here. Several dragon boats also set up cordons around them to prevent a ship from entering and disturbing the sacred carriage. Zheng Yong and Tan Fei, who were accompanying him, also arranged a lookout on the ship and arranged a warning. There were only a few close guards on the deck and a small yellow door responsible for boiling water and serving tea.
In Zhao Bing's previous life, fishing was just to pass the time, but now it has become a leisure time. However, after catching fish for so many years, he is not very skilled in it, and he never cared about how much he got. Of course, he was very happy to catch fish. Today, he seemed very lucky. He put down several fishing rods and caught fish one after another. In a short time, he caught several big fish with a weight of ten kilograms one after another, so that several people around him became busy.
"Your Majesty, are the fish in this lake stupid? Why do you swallow the bait when you see it? You are so hungry!" Wang De helped the little emperor pull up another big fish, and asked the little yellow goalkeeper to knock the big fish out of the struggle and put it in the wooden basin. Seeing that Tan Fei also pulled up the fishing rod, a big fish was constantly struggling. He wiped the water splashing on his face and said with a wry smile.
"The fish are not stupid, but there are too many!" Zhao Bing said while hanging the bait and throwing the hook.
"Oh, there are fish in Jiangnan Lake, but they are not as fat as the fish here. You can easily catch such a big fish. Why is it?" Wang De still found it strange that there are also big fish markets like Jiangnan, but they are not common, but there are many disasters here.
"Natural disaster!" Zhao Bing sighed after hearing this. He knew that there were many fish in the lake. In addition to the current transportation and storage conditions, the fish caught were difficult to transport for long distances. The main reason was that the population was small and could not consume so many resources. Unlike in previous lives, they could eat certain animals into rare species.
"Your Majesty said, it is hard to see a boat on such a vast lake. It can be seen that the people around him do not rely on water for their living!" Wang De said deeply. He also knew that in Jiangnan, people who lacked land should try to make a living. Fishing and hunting are also important means of making a living for the people who are by the water. In addition to filling their stomachs, the fish and turtles in the lake can also be exchanged for money. The people here obviously rely on land to support their families and do not need to make a living in the water.
"Well, I don't know how many years the two Huai Rivers will be able to recover their vitality and reappear the scene of the crisscrossing and chickens and dogs hearing each other!" Zhao Bing nodded and frowned. He was worried that not only the two Huai Rivers, but also the population of Sichuan, Shu and the Central Plains also dropped sharply under the massacre of the Mongolian Yuan, and development required a large population. So he considered not only how to win the war, but also how to make these areas prosper again.
He also knew that after the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan set his capital in Dadu to consider the need to control the northern desert and the Central Plains. However, due to the influence of the climate and years of war, the northern economy was in decline. However, the economic development in the Jiangnan region was much better than that in the north. In addition, when the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, the damage to Jiangnan was relatively small, so the entire Yuan economy mainly relied on the southern region.
As far as he knew, the Jiangnan region accounted for about 70% of the entire Mongolian Yuan's productivity, which was a veritable economic center. In this way, the Mongolian Yuan thought that since the Jiangnan region accounted for such a large proportion of productivity, it naturally had to take on the responsibility of supporting the political center and was not so concerned about the development of the northern economy. This idea led to the abnormal development of the north and the south economy, the population migrated to the south, and the population in the northern region was difficult to recover, and the economy was in a depressed state.
"Your Majesty, take a tea and take a break. These fish are enough for us to have a full meal!" Wang De saw that he aroused the little emperor's worries again, and wiped the sweat on his face and changed the topic.
"Okay!" Zhao Bing thought that the fun of fishing was to 'fish but not be able to fish', so he now had to jump on the boat and find food for himself, which made him feel bored, so he put away the fishing rod.
‘Bang, bang…’ Wang De quickly asked His Majesty to wash up, brew hot tea, and let the little emperor sit down. Then he ordered Xiaohuang to clean up the fish he caught. Zhao Bing sat down and called Tan Fei and Zheng Yong to come over to talk, but before he could say a few words, he heard a few loud noises from afar.
Chapter completed!